New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-05-04
DAKOTA RRITORI & NEWS,

department to Col. r. /. Dodge, com
mander at Fort sully, to give Indian
Agent Anderson all the assistance nee
essary to eject all settlers and other
intruders off the reservation and keep
them off.
A man named III. Williams, about
80 years old, well dressed and having
a fine gold watch and chain on his
person, was fonnd dead in the woods
on the Minnesota side about two miles
from St. Paul. The suicide had evi-
IDENTIFY gone there to commit the act.
Geo. S. Bidwell, one of the pioneers
OF Mitchell, ana for several years q
prominent land attorney, was found
IN dying condition alone in his house
on a claim a few miles southwest OF
Mitchell.
Sioux Falls Special: The represent
atives OF the Insurance companies OF
Dakota, who held meeting here,
took concerted action to offset
the combination of ninety-six out
side companies to freeze out the home
companies. Action was also taken
in relation to the new law regarding
cancellations, rates, commissions, etc.
The compositors on the papers at
Aberdeen have formed the Aberdeen
Typographical union. Officers have
been elected and charter sent for.
Iron on the Salem line has been laid
to within q few miles of Mitchell.
Work on the Bismarck and North
western is already begun, and thecon
tract for the const ruction of 10,
miles additional, or from Aberdeen to.
Napoleon, Logan county, has been let
to Langdon & Co., Minneapolis.
Seven Sioux Indians were taken
to Pierre and lodged in the coun-.
ty Jail for .pillaging settlers prop.
erty on the Winnebago reservation.
Plans for the new building connect,
ing with the Agricultural college at.
Bro okings have been accepted, and
have been taken to Huronfor the gov
ernor's approval. The basement will
consist OF shops. The first floor will
be used as a chapel and reception
room with a seating capacity of 500
and the upper stores will be used as a.
dormitory. President McI4outh and
family have arrived from Michigan.
At Gary, Ryerson Bros. OF Spencer,
Iowa, purchased over three hundred
head of cattle, paying O. little over S.
600. The herd will be driven to Spencer
across the country.
Jesse Fitch, foreman of the Milwau-
kee yards at Mitchell, was arrested,
charged with stealing 5000 from the
safe Of the ticket Office. He admitted
his guilt and went to jail.
Lee Nun, the Chinese laundryman
of Grafton, died from the effects OF too
much opium.
The site of the jamestown college
building was located on bluff north
of the city, on ground donated for
that purpose. A $4,000 building
will be erected this summer. The di-
mansions of the building will be
1OOx44, three stories and basement,
to be OF brick with stone trimmings.
The main structure will contain a
chapel with a seating capacity of 800,
a dormitory accommodating forty
and suitable recitation rooms.
At Pembina the son OF William Fer
guson had his neck broken by falling
from a wagon.
In the district court at Grafton
in the case OF w. G. Mitchell, OF the
Forest River Journal, for libel, the iu-
~ disagreed. Fromstadt, sentenced
to 500 fine and thirty days in the
county jail Cor assault and battery;
George Denton, fifteen months in the
penitentiary at Bismarck for embez-
Element.
A grain elevator, owned by L. D.
Petit at Rapid city, burned down.
Loss. SIC, 600; insurance, 81. 500.
In the territorial court at Yankton
R. M. Shumway was convicted OF at
tempting the life OF George Rudd.
Rudd and Shumway were rivals for
the affections of a young lady, and
while the former was visiting at her
home, ShumWay shot at him through
the window, inficting a slight scalp
wound. The woman in the case testI-
fed against the prisoner, and it is
upon her evidence that he
was convicted.
It is reported that ex-Gov. Pierce
has declined the Presidency of the
University at Grand Forks.
Building operations at the insane
asylum at jamestown will begin early
in May. The plans include two full
ward buildings, which will make four
when completed, a large engine room
and coal house, q kitchen and an
amusement hall and chapel to cost
5000. Construction to the amount.
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